- ribbing - a framework of ribs
--1 is a kind of framework, frame, framing
- tease, teasing, ribbing - the act of harassing someone playfully or maliciously (especially by ridicule); provoking someone with persistent annoyances; "he ignored their teases"; "his ribbing was gentle but persistent"
--2 is a kind of harassment, molestation
Derived form: verb rib2 - tease, teasing, ribbing - the act of harassing someone playfully or maliciously (especially by ridicule); provoking someone with persistent annoyances; "he ignored their teases"; "his ribbing was gentle but persistent"
- rib - form vertical ribs by knitting; "A ribbed sweater"
--1 is one way to knit
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
- ridicule, roast, guy, blackguard, laugh at, jest at, rib, make fun, poke fun - subject to laughter or ridicule; "The satirists ridiculed the plans for a new opera house"; "The students poked fun at the inexperienced teacher"; "His former students roasted the professor at his 60th birthday"
--2 is one way to mock, bemock
Sample sentences:Derived forms: noun rib4, noun ribbing2
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
- ridicule, roast, guy, blackguard, laugh at, jest at, rib, make fun, poke fun - subject to laughter or ridicule; "The satirists ridiculed the plans for a new opera house"; "The students poked fun at the inexperienced teacher"; "His former students roasted the professor at his 60th birthday"